Table of Contents:
  • Mathematical preliminaries
  • The rules of quantum mechanics
  • The connection between the fundamental rules and wave mechanics
  • Further illustrations of the rules of quantum mechanics
  • Further developments in one-dimensional wave mechanics
  • The theory of angular momentum
  • Wave mechanics in three dimensions: hydrogenic atoms
  • Time-independent approximations for bound state problems
  • Applications of static perturbation theory
  • Identical particles
  • Atomic structure
  • Molecules
  • The stability of matter
  • Photons
  • Interaction of non-relativistic charged particles and radiation
  • Further topics in perturbation theory
  • Scattering
  • Special relativity and quantum mechanics: the Klein-Gordon equation
  • The Dirac equation
  • Interaction of a relativistic spin 1/2 particle with an external electromagnetic field
  • The Dirac field
  • Interaction between relativistic electrons, positrons, and photons
  • The quantum mechanics of weak interactions
  • The quantum measurement problem.